The United Kingdom and South Korea have issued warnings over the increasing sophistication and volume of cyberattacks by groups tied to the North Korean state.
The cyber security and intelligence agencies of the two countries have released a new joint warning in which they call on firms to strengthen their security protocols in order to lower the likelihood of system breaches.
According to the National Intelligence Service of South Korea and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, both under GCHQ, hackers have been using previously undiscovered flaws and exploits in third-party software in their supply chains to access an organization’s systems.
The two agencies have issued a warning, stating that assaults of this nature on the software-based supply chain present a particularly serious risk because a single initial intrusion can impact numerous firms and trigger subsequent attacks that can cause more disruption or the deployment of ransomware.
Software supply chain assaults can affect affected businesses significantly and have a wide-ranging impact in this increasingly digital and interconnected world.
The joint advise cautions that these kinds of attacks, which are backed by North Korea, are expected to escalate and exhorts organisations to take proactive measures to strengthen their defences.
